Wheel and track system

Abstract

The wheel and track system comprises conventional rails on which the head cross-section can be also circular, semi-circular or oval, using with these main conventional wheels or pulley wheels, which support most of the wagon weight, having a roughly semi-circular cross-section channel between the web and the skid of the rail on one or both sides, in which inclined wheels rest, which have a peripheral or edge curvature also of semi-circular cross-section, to avoid derailment and support a part of the weight. In this way the rail can be used with mixed type wheels simultaneously or with wheels of just one type, depending on the vehicle used. This rail can also be used by actual trains.

What I claim is:  
     
         1 . A wheel and track system comprising: 
 main vertical wheels;    two rails, formed by webs, heads and skids;    roughly semi-circular cross-section channel between the web and the skid of the rail on both sides, in which inclined wheels rest, which have a peripheral or edge curvature also of semi-circular cross-section, and    shock absorbers.    
     
     
         2 . A wheel and track system according to  claim 1 , wherein the main or vertical wheels and the rail head are of the conventional type.  
     
     
         3 . A wheel and track system according to  claim 1 , wherein are used pulley wheels on which the bottom of the pulley throat is of a cross-section slightly less than a semi-circumference, the rail head being approximately circular in cross-section and of less radius, allowing for a small lateral rotation between the two.  
     
     
         4 . A wheel and track system according to  claim 1 , wherein the pairs of wheels rest on the rail laterally on both sides with the same inclination.  
     
     
         5 . A wheel and track system according to  claim 1 , wherein the pairs of wheels rest on the rail laterally on both with a different angle of inclination.  
     
     
         6 . A wheel and track system according to  claim 1 , wherein are used only inclined wheels on both sides of the rail.  
     
     
         7 . A wheel and track system according to  claim 1 , wherein are used conventional vertical wheels or pulley wheels and inclined wheels on only one side of the rail.  
     
     
         8 . A wheel and track system according to  claim 1 , wherein are used semi-pulleys on both side of the rail, having said rail both edges rounded.  
     
     
         9 . A wheel and track system according to  claim 1 , wherein the curvature of the pulley wheel throat and/or of the rail web are convex to some degree to prevent a large surface contact between the two wheel-rail.  
     
     
         10 . A wheel and track system according to  claim 1 , wherein the skids use a recess to be secured to the sleepers.  
     
     
         11 . A wheel and track system according to  claim 1 , wherein the skids do not use a recess to be secured to the sleepers.  
     
     
         12 . A wheel and track system according to  claim 1 , wherein the shock absorbers are made with plates, extensions of the supports of the shaft and bearing assemblies, which become totally cover with rubber inside a chamber which are secured or take part of the wagon chassis.